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Moose135

Re: NA Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

@DocLighting, hope you had a good time at the museum! Decided on Saturday to head to Indianapolis instead. Had a hotel in Fishers, northeast of the city and just watched from the parking lot, didn't have to deal with crowds. We had high, thin cirrus, so it was just about perfect! This is the second ...

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Moose135

Re: Japan wants the T-7a (What are they thinking?)

I think I'm more of a dinosaur than you. I don't remember any syllabus difference for the fighter , bomber, transport or IP selectees after assignment night. Willy 74-06. Yeah, I was Columbus 85-03. There wasn't much of a difference, maybe half a dozen rides. The FAR guys got some 4-ship rides in t...

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Moose135

Re: Japan wants the T-7a (What are they thinking?)

I believe back when dinosaurs roamed the earth you went T-37s and then into T-38s. Correct - I am one of those dinosaurs. Everyone flew the T-37 then went into the T-38. Partway through the T-38 phase, you were rated FAR (Fighter, Attack, Recon) or TTB (Tanker, Transport, Bomber) and at that point,...

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Moose135

Re: Japan wants the T-7a (What are they thinking?)

1) RJMAZ claimed that the T-7A was "obviously" better. My claim is he cannot know that, because the data's not public. You might want to ask RJMAZ what they are basing their claim on. I suppose since the T-7A was chosen, it was decided it was the better aircraft. 2) We're a democracy. We ...

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Moose135

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a collision

Everything produced or rendered today is just made or done worse today than 50 years ago. Of the three bridges you noted, the one in China is the newest at 30 years old. The other two are 50~ years old. And I'm not sure how the age of the bridge had anything to do with how it stood up to being hit ...

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Moose135

Re: Japan wants the T-7a (What are they thinking?)

Which has a faster top speed, a faster climb rate, or a longer range? Which can pull more G's? No one knows. You don't know and neither do I because these numbers are not being released. You know who does know? The people making decisions on which aircraft to buy. They are the only ones who need to...

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Moose135

Re: NA Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

DocLightning wrote:
Should we have an A.net meetup at the museum? That would be fun!

I'll let you know as we get closer, but it would be great to meet.

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Moose135

Re: NA Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

We'll be at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, which is smack in the path of totality. With my luck, it'll be cloudy, though. But at least I'll get to see the XB-70 again. We have a hotel a few blocks from the museum. Depending on when they open the gates to the museum, we'll either head there or just...

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Moose135

Re: Canon Every Day Lens?

My everyday lens (I shoot with a pair of 5D3s) is the Canon 24-105mm L. I've used that combination for years and I'm very happy with the results.

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Moose135

Re: Plane Crash on I-75 in Naples, Florida

This is a little odd, https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/02/19/ntsb-crash-osu-naples-jet-air-safety-airplane-crash-faa-flight-charter-i-75/72583488007/ If you haven't even released a prelim why make this claim? Can you give a brief recap? When I click on the link, it says "This content i...

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Moose135

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

STT757 wrote:
Someone mentioned Carl Icahn's philanthropy, I drive past his building on the Princeton University campus all the time.

Trying to buy his way out of spending eternity in a really hot place?

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Moose135

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

AirframeAS wrote:
I thought Ichan was no longer allowed, by law, to have anything to do with an airline for the rest of his life? Or was that Lorenzo? I keep getting confused between the two guys......

Yeah, that's Lorenzo.

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Moose135

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

If theres one thing I've learned on this website, its that the majority of its members don't care at all about any airlines' employees. Look at every post about any contract negotiations, strike, etc. True! I guess it depends on your history. My father was a mechanic at TWA for 40 years, I grew up ...

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Moose135

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

SteelChair wrote:
Although it's an enthusiast board, a lot of people don't like big companies, "soul less," etc. So why does anyone care what robber barons do to said companies?

Because what Icahn does to those companies has a profound, and usually detrimental, effect on the people working there.

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Moose135

Re: Plane Crash on I-75 in Naples, Florida

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1757181949418918273

Moose135

Re: Plane Crash on I-75 in Naples, Florida

F9Animal wrote:
I noticed a helicopter hovering near the crash.

I saw that as well. From the audio, that was probably N205LE 'Shadow 5', the Collier County Sheriffs Office UH-1. They were in contact with the tower right after the jet went down and requested clearance to respond to the crash site.

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Moose135

Re: Plane Crash on I-75 in Naples, Florida

On the ATC audio, the pilot (who was very calm) had a chance to declare an emergency or at least say engine failure due to birds. If it was birds, they lost power and weren't sure it was the birds, or the pilots probably had an idea why engine power was lost and was not due to birds. From the audio...

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Moose135

Re: Plane Crash on Florida Highway

https://winknews.com/2024/02/09/plane-c ... er-county/

Moose135

Re: 9X246 (Southern Airways Express) lands on highway near IAD

N6168E wrote:
I hope the pilot didn't run a red light.

Hope there isn't a red light camera at that intersection, he'll be getting a ticket in the mail!

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Moose135

Re: What happened to flight engineers when 2 man cockpits were introduced?

They went to live on a farm upstate where they could run and play with the other flight engineers...

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Moose135

Re: Do VerticalScope(Torstar) really care about Airliner.net

Traffic has changed over the past year or so and we are currently experiencing less forum participation Mega-threads are atrocious and hide good discussion. Start there. Agreed! Someone starts a thread about a particular incident or question, and the first thing someone says is, "It's being di...

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Moose135

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Apparently, they had plenty of time to start the take off. Hard to believe they were completely unaware about the runway traffic... may be some kind of unaccounted delay / trouble prevented them to vacate the runway urgently. Obviously, we'll have to wait for details to emerge, but if the JCG aircr...

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Moose135

Re: Next pulls offensive Pan Am Christmas jumper after Lockerbie backlash

Thanks, folks, I was beginning to think I missed something. I don't get the problem.

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Moose135

Re: Is this „group“ oversaturated?

Third, if a.net somehow offered integration with facebook, instagram and etc which would allow the user to directly post or share their photo on those platforms I think it could go a long way. Those would be logical things to implement, but unfortunately the owners have made it clear by their compl...

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Moose135

Re: Another Cockpit Threat: FO threatens CA with gun over diversion

Most of these guys are ex-military, so they're well-familiar with firearms... I flew KC-135s in the Air Force, back in the Dark Ages. My 'familiarity' with firearms consisted of one afternoon at the range, learning to use a .38 revolver. I was the only time I fired a weapon while in the Air Force. ...

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Moose135

Re: Charlotte Aviation - 2023

stlgph wrote:
Per Charlotte Observer, parking fees going up.
Le sigh.

And you wonder why they don't want the light rail extended to the terminal area...

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Moose135

Re: Washington state senator takes pistol in carry-on baggage through the PDX TSA checkpoint, arrested on arrival in HKG

xjetflyer2001 wrote:
He voluntarily gave the info that he had a weapon in his bag, if you are voluntarily releasing this information, sounds a lot more like an accident to me

Not knowing he left a deadly weapon in his bag isn't an accident, it's negligence.

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Moose135

Re: Washington state senator takes pistol in carry-on baggage through the PDX TSA checkpoint, arrested on arrival in HKG

The astounding incompetence of 'responsible' gun owners continues to astound. How do you 'forget' that you had a handgun in your briefcase? Guy deserves to do time for his negligent actions.

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Moose135

Re: Horizon E175 diverts after ‘Authorized’ Person in Cockpit Tries to Shut Down Engines

Was the "authorized" person an off-duty Horizon pilot/FO? I'm not sure who else would be authorized to be alongside the cockpit crew during an operating flight, other than maybe a flight engineer. Could it have been a flight crew member from another airline deadheading? I know the Atlas A...

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Moose135

Re: Mitsubishi Legnum Sold in the US?

I know a guy who has a Legnum here in the Charlotte area. It was originally sold overseas then shipped here, but I don't think he was the one who had it imported. It's neat to see at our local cars and coffee events.

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Moose135

Re: Airline turnaround time lapse videos

https://www.moose135photography.com/Air ... -8X8BXgd/A

Moose135

Re: Huge Ferris Wheel in Kansas City Under Construction

johns624 wrote:
KCMO isn't a big tourist destination.

It's about to become one - just wait until that Ferris wheel is finished!

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Moose135

Re: Adults-Only Section to be tested by Corendon

SL1200MK2 wrote:
I’ll add that kids shouldn’t be served any drinks with caffeine or loads of sugar. Otherwise they get even worse behaviorally

The same can be said about serving alcohol to adults. Maybe they should stop that on flights as well.

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Moose135

Re: First 787 at CLT?

Moose135, it looks like your nice photo of N815AA B787-8 AA9745 PHL-CLT on 10/09/2021 is in the lead for first 787 at CLT. The Eagles returned on same aircraft and flight number ( AA9745 ) on 10/10/2021 after defeating the Panthers 21-18. I went and found where I had posted that on the CLT Spotters...

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Moose135

Re: First 787 at CLT?

Had at least one prior - October 2021, AA used a 787 for an NFL charter, flying the Philadelphia Eagles in to play the Carolina Panthers.

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Moose135

Re: Biden going to Maui

Aaron747 wrote:
At his age a tech stop is probably advisable just to stretch and walk around

It's not like he's stuck in a middle coach seat, he can walk around the airplane all he wants.

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Moose135

Re: American Airlines suing “hidden city” ticketing site Skiplagged

gatibosgru wrote:
If they can overbook, I can skip-leg.

Which is one of the reasons why they overbook...

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Moose135

Re: The "check engine" light is on :/

Most auto parts places - AutoZone, NAPA, etc. - will read codes for free and let you know what is going on. It could be nothing, it could be something, but either way, it's easy to check.

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Moose135

Re: MiG-23 Crash at Thunder Over Michigan

But, military jets have crashed with the crew successfully or not ejecting many times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Indianapolis_Ramada_Inn_A-7D_Corsair_II_crash I was stationed at Grissom AFB, about an hour north of Indianapolis, at the time of the A-7 crash, flying KC-135s. I was on EWO Ale...

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Moose135

Re: Charlotte Aviation - 2023

Great pic! There have been occasions when BA227 (LHR-ATL) diverted to CLT for weather and they made everyone clear FIS in Charlotte and then chartered buses to get the pax to Atlanta, but I would imagine that would be an exception to the norm. Thanks! We get a lot of ATL diverts to CLT, but I don't...

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Moose135

Re: Charlotte Aviation - 2023

Noticed the postings on the DL and AF A350s at CLT yesterday. Saw they were parked remotely. Would the folks stay on the a/c for refueling or need to deplane at the terminal and clear customs or does it depend on the situation? Typically on a divert like that, they stay on the aircraft out on the r...

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Moose135

Re: Searching for Info on Bird Dog 0-12801 Air Force

Looks like it might be this one... From Joe Baugher's site of military serial numbers: https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html Cessna L-19A Bird Dog - Redesignated O-1A in 1962. Full serial number would have been 51-12801, ordered/manufactured during Fiscal Year 1951: 12801 (MSN 23258) Acc...

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Moose135

Re: Photos missing?

I think I've seen this happen before, maybe when the database gets reindexed or something. I searched by my photographer name, and it returned two photos. When I clicked on my name in one of those, it returned all of my photos.

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Moose135

Re: Bear escapes crate in hold of Iraqi Airways plane

teachpdx wrote:
How embarrassing.

Embearassing

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Moose135

Re: Help me to get to "better at 1024px"

Can you post a couple of examples? Might be easier for others to give you advice if we can see what you had rejected, and even a couple that were accepted, for comparison.

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Moose135

Re: Cut the cable opinions?

I dropped cable about 4 years ago in favor of YouTube TV, and I won't go back. It has all the channels I want (and then some), unlimited DVR capacity, and decent picture quality. The price has gone up since I've had it, but it still is less expensive than cable.

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Moose135

Re: meaning of message in rejection: "try at 1024pix"?

No, you should reduce it to 1024pix width (by whatever that works out to for height) as a lower resolution may hide some minor flaws and increase your chance at an acceptance.

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Moose135

Re: Near-crash of Patrouille Suisse F-5

Please, in future, use viable sources, such as: https://airlive.net/military/2023/06/15/breaking-two-aircraft-of-the-patrouille-suisse-made-contact-mid-air-during-training/ Your source (20min.ch) is an untrustworthy tabloid. But it had videos that your 'trustworthy' site didn't...unless you are say...

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Moose135

Re: Any plans for a civilian air refueling operator buying ex USAF KC10’s ?

GalaxyFlyer wrote:
I called, I’ll die happy if I remember his name, the Wing King (Gary?).

Gary Ebert? He was wing commander when I was there, mid to late 80s.

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Moose135

Re: Any plans for a civilian air refueling operator buying ex USAF KC10’s ?

My record was, IIRC, 62 touch and goes, 3 no-flap full stops, in one week. And 2 hours of AR. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Another IP in my squadron did four hours of visual patterns—I think it was something like 40 touch and goes. I’ve seen KC-10s at Hickam do an AR flight and be back on the grou...

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